Sao José (Ponta Delgada)

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São José
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Sao José (Azores)
São José
Basic data
Autonomous Region : Azores
Concelho : Ponta Delgada
Coordinates : 37 ° 44 ′  N , 25 ° 40 ′  W Coordinates: 37 ° 44 ′  N , 25 ° 40 ′  W
Residents: 5934 (as of June 30, 2011)
Surface: 1.66 km² (as of January 1, 2010)
Population density : 3575 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 9500-216
politics
Mayor : Jorge Miguel Amaral Oliveira
Address of the municipal administration: Junta de Freguesia de São José
Rua de Lisboa, 41
9500-216 São José

São José is a Portuguese parish ( freguesia ) in the Ponta Delgada district . It has 5934 inhabitants (as of June 30, 2011).

history

The village arose in connection with the fortress Castelo de São Brás , built in the middle of the 16th , later also called Forte de São Brás . It was expanded in the 18th and then in the 19th. The Azores Military Headquarters was established here in 1940, before the Azores Military Museum opened here in 2006.

Sons and daughters of the church

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b www.ine.pt - indicator resident population by place of residence and sex; Decennial in the database of the Instituto Nacional de Estatística
  2. ↑ Overview of code assignments from Freguesias on epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu
  3. ↑ Entry of the fortress on the SIPA architectural monument list , accessed on June 21, 2014